Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 18:58     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:I would focus on improving the C.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 18:42     Subject: disappointment with grades
I would focus on improving the C.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 18:31     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:Would you be very disappointment with the following grades? 3A-,2A, 1B, 1C+? NO HONORS OR AP CLASSES!!!


No, I would be proud of DC for the 5 As/A minuses. I would not get so upset about the courses not being honors or AP classes, especially if it is during the early high school years. I would try to figure out why the C+ grade is there, especially if it is in a core subject. Maybe DC needs some extra support?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 18:16     Subject: disappointment with grades
I think that is OK. Might not get you into Harvard, but JMU or possibly Va Tech are in play.

(My dd is looking at 5A's, 1 A-, 1 B+; four of them are honors courses (Alg II, History, English9, and Bio); the B+ is in Alg. II.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 17:39     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I expect straight As, unless there are exceptional circumstances, like a language barrier or special needs. So the B and especially the C need to be addressed because they show the student has not fully mastered the content of that course. Instead of being disappointed, make sure your child understands where they went wrong and how they can have a stronger base moving forward.


Did you get straight As when you were growing up?


No. I got a C in math and a C in philosophy on my high school exam. Not in this country, and there was no grade inflation and no grading on a curve (still don't understand why they grade on a curve here). My parents pressured me for As but were clueless on what to do if I received poor grades. Which is why I don't get mad at my kids if they come back occasionally with a bad grade. My husband, or myself will re-explain and give them more problems to work on so they develop mastery. Practice and patient explanation makes perfect.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 17:20     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I expect straight As, unless there are exceptional circumstances, like a language barrier or special needs. So the B and especially the C need to be addressed because they show the student has not fully mastered the content of that course. Instead of being disappointed, make sure your child understands where they went wrong and how they can have a stronger base moving forward.


Did you get straight As when you were growing up?


not pp - but yea.

however it doesn't matter if pp didn't. my mom didn't but she expected me to.

you do know that even dumb/academically poor parents ca have high expectations of their child because they don't want their child to end up like them.

OP - you need to sit your kid down, have them read tyler cowen 'average is over' with you.

THen you need to show them things like how even jobs for burger flippers are out because mcd's are using robots to do their work.

He needs the smarts AND the credentials to signal his intelligence (which one gets via being on the good grades track).


I hardly think that getting a B and a C will destine a person to flipping burgers. It may mean the kid has to work it out at community college, but don't stick him in with the dropouts.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 17:16     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I expect straight As, unless there are exceptional circumstances, like a language barrier or special needs. So the B and especially the C need to be addressed because they show the student has not fully mastered the content of that course. Instead of being disappointed, make sure your child understands where they went wrong and how they can have a stronger base moving forward.


Did you get straight As when you were growing up?


not pp - but yea.

however it doesn't matter if pp didn't. my mom didn't but she expected me to.

you do know that even dumb/academically poor parents ca have high expectations of their child because they don't want their child to end up like them.

OP - you need to sit your kid down, have them read tyler cowen 'average is over' with you.

THen you need to show them things like how even jobs for burger flippers are out because mcd's are using robots to do their work.

He needs the smarts AND the credentials to signal his intelligence (which one gets via being on the good grades track).

Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 17:03     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:I expect straight As, unless there are exceptional circumstances, like a language barrier or special needs. So the B and especially the C need to be addressed because they show the student has not fully mastered the content of that course. Instead of being disappointed, make sure your child understands where they went wrong and how they can have a stronger base moving forward.


Did you get straight As when you were growing up?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 17:03     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Would you be very disappointment with the following grades? 3A-,2A, 1B, 1C+? NO HONORS OR AP CLASSES!!!


How many classes is this kid taking?


7 is the standard number of classes in MCPS, and I think FCPS.

I think this totally depends on the kid. I'd be thrilled with those grades, because I know what my kid with disabilities is capable of. Other parents know their kids are capable of higher grades, and would feel differently.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 17:01     Subject: Re:disappointment with grades
show the student has not fully mastered the content of that course.


No, it means the student falls along the bell curve wherever the school has decided a B is
It means others have scored higher. It means nothing more. Without more information you do not know how many students have been permitted to receive A's. Could be only 10% of the number of students are granted A's. You don't know. It means nothing more.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 16:49     Subject: disappointment with grades
I expect straight As, unless there are exceptional circumstances, like a language barrier or special needs. So the B and especially the C need to be addressed because they show the student has not fully mastered the content of that course. Instead of being disappointed, make sure your child understands where they went wrong and how they can have a stronger base moving forward.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 16:45     Subject: disappointment with grades
Anonymous wrote:Would you be very disappointment with the following grades? 3A-,2A, 1B, 1C+? NO HONORS OR AP CLASSES!!!


How many classes is this kid taking?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 16:44     Subject: disappointment with grades
2a and 3A-S
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 16:44     Subject: disappointment with grades
It really depends on the kid. On the bright side, they are all passing grades. I have a neighbor whose kid has to repeat 9th grade.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2017 16:43     Subject: disappointment with grades
Would you be very disappointment with the following grades? 3A-,2A, 1B, 1C+? NO HONORS OR AP CLASSES!!!